The Rise of the Contemporary Artist-Historian
In Venice last year, artists like Simone Leigh and Ali Cherri, but also Zineb Sedira, dove into the past to make sense of an elusive present.
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In Venice last year, artists like Simone Leigh and Ali Cherri, but also Zineb Sedira, dove into the past to make sense of an elusive present.
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If ever there was a map drawn of jazz music, guitarist/composer John Scofield would be all over it. In just recent years, he's released a tribute to Ray
WBGO’s Monifa Brown talks with drummer and bandleader Vince Wilburn, Jr. about the new album from M.E.B., ‘That You Not Dare to Forget,’ and the outsized influence of his uncle, Miles Davis.
Affinities: On Art and Fascination. By Brian Dillon. New York Review of Books, 2023. 320 pages.IN THE EARLY WEEKS of the pandemic, I became obsessed with maps of New York City. Cloistered in my apartment in upper Manhattan, I would stare at the subway map for hours, studying every stop on every line. I would wander around Brooklyn on Google Maps, memorizing the order of avenues and streets. I played quizzes where you would look at photographs taken on the street and have to guess the neighborhood. It must have seemed like a sad way to pass the time, but the obsessive scrutiny seemed important.